Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, president of Meta and one of the richest and most powerful men in the world, is building a self-sufficient complex in Hawaii that has raised many suspicions, given that it includes a bunker. Wired magazine has uncovered the magnate's secret plan and the question is already circulating in many opinion forums: does Zuckerberg know something about an ominous future that the rest of us don't know?
The complex is located on the Ko'olau Ranch estate on the island of Kauai and covers an area of 570 hectares. For now it remains surrounded by a high wall and guarded by a large security team that patrols the surroundings while trucks transporting materials and vans carrying workers enter and leave. Naturally, all staff working on the project have signed a very strict confidentiality contract. “Stories about the complex and its owner run rampant in the local rumor mill, which elevates the project to a 'large underground city.' Many people speculate that Zuckerberg has planned a kind of post-apocalyptic bunker to be safe in case civilization collapses,” they say in Wired.
The publication has confirmed the initial clue after consulting movements in property records, interviewing contractors and even finding the plans, concluding that this is one of the most expensive private architectural projects in recent decades, almost 250 million euros if we add the value of land that Zuckerberg began buying in batches already in 2014.
The design foresees no less than twelve buildings, two mansions connected by a tunnel – with access to a 465 m2 underground shelter protected by a deflagration-resistant steel door –, guest houses (the total will be 30 bedrooms and as many bathrooms ) plus 11 rooms hanging from trees linked by bridges as well as elevators, offices, conference rooms, an industrial-sized kitchen, gym, swimming pools, sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool and tennis court. The entrances to the complex, fully monitored by cameras, will be protected by digital code locks.
